Madlyn

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Contracted spelling of Madelyn

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mədɫɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Madlyn is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • SBSolomon Islands
  • GBUnited Kingdom

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Contracted spelling of Madelyn. Madoline ° ’ Variant of Madeline (see Madeleine).

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Madlyn Davis, b. 1899Madlyn M. Kahr, b. 1913Madlyn Cates, b. 1925Madlyn Rhue, b. 1935Maddy Evans, b. 1991
  • Madlyn Davisb. 1899USAmerican classic blues singer
  • Madlyn M. Kahrb. 1913USAmerican art historian of 16th–17th c. Spanish, Dutch, and Italian paintings; author; educator; and translator (1913–2004)
  • Madlyn Catesb. 1925American actress 1925-1993
  • Madlyn Rhueb. 1935USAmerican actress (1935-2003)
  • Maddy Evansb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican soccer player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Madlyn,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Madlyn
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.4K#9,915
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192276—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192359—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192453—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191951—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191551—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192546—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192046—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191646—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192145—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191844—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192643—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Madlyn come from?
Contracted spelling of Madelyn. Madoline ° ’ Variant of Madeline (see Madeleine). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Madlyn?
In the etymology graph, Magdalena, Magali and Madeline are forms of the same name in other languages; Maddie and Maddy are recorded short or pet forms.
How do you pronounce Madlyn?
A machine transcription gives /mədɫɪn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Madlyn a male or female name?
Madlyn is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Madlyn mean?
Recorded meaning: Contracted spelling of Madelyn.
In which country does Madlyn have the most bearers?
Madlyn is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Madlyn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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